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Medieval maps and Kazakhstani Cows: Morning File, Friday, July 4, 2014

July 4, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Convention Centre war escalates There appears to be worry in mucky muckdom over the Nova Centre. Reportedly, the Stonecutters met Saturday and agreed to buy a full-page ad in the Chronicle Herald. The ad denigrates Heritage Trust for impeding all progress and erasing Halifax from the map by asking the court to review the Nova Centre approval. […]

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A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum: Morning File, July 3, 2014

July 3, 2014 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Peter Kelly has a new job. I was at a Canada Day barbecue Tuesday, watching the fireworks from a Gottingen Street balcony, when a friend who lives in a Sackville apartment building told me that the guy coming around to spray his building for bugs looks a whole lot like former Mayor Peter […]

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Hippy punching & crappy Chinese food: Morning File, July 2, 2014

July 2, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. People don’t like fracking Chronicle Herald reporter Selena Ross follows up on the release of a report on the socioeconomic effects of fracking, noting that people who commented to the panel were quite skeptical: “In submissions, the writers often saw the dangers of fracking in the context of their own lives, describing risks […]

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Long weekend edition: Morning File, Monday, June 30, 2014

June 30, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. An article in the Chronicle Herald attempts to update us on court proceedings involving alleged invasion of patients’ privacy at Capital Health; a worker is accused of improperly accessing medical records of other workers. This is an important issue, and one that rightly should be followed by the local paper of record. Alas, the un-bylined piece […]

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The End Times: Morning File for Saturday, June 28, 2014

June 28, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 5 Comments

News Plague #1: gastrointestinal illness  At least 50 people who stayed at the Delta Halifax have contracted a gastrointestinal illness, although CTV says the number could be as high as 200. It’s a nasty piece of business—“People who are affected are seeing a quick onset of diarrhea, vomiting, but it usually settles down in about 12 hours, so people […]

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Morning File: Friday, June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 3 Comments

News 1. Muskrat Falls price increases CBC reports that costs of constructing the Muskrat Falls hydro project have increased 40 percent, from $5 billion to $7 billion. These costs will all be borne by the provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador. There’s no immediate indication that there’s similar inflation in the $1.5 billion Maritime Link portion […]

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Morning File: Thursday, June 26, 2014

June 26, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 1 Comment

News 1. Metro Centre to be named after a bank Banks have the money, after all, right? In this case, Scotiabank is paying $6.3 million over 10 years for naming rights to the arena. (The Halifax Examiner gave details of the deal yesterday.) Which is a much better deal than the city had landed for previous […]

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Morning File: Wednesday, June 25, 2014

June 25, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

News 1. Joe Ramia sues Heritage Trust In what looks an awful lot like an American-style SLAPP suit (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation), Nova Centre developer Joe Ramia’s company, Argyle Developments, has filed suit against both the Heritage Trust and each of its 27 directors individually. Heritage Trust’s alleged wrongdoing? “Argyle Developments says that since […]

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Morning File: Tuesday, June 24, 2014

June 24, 2014 By Tim Bousquet Leave a Comment

News 1. Linda Mosher’s court case delayed, again. Police say that while driving her SUV on May 7, 2013, Halifax councillor Linda Mosher hit a bicyclist at the corner of North and Robie Streets, and drove off without stopping. A witness followed Mosher to a nearby garage, and told her of the incident; she then drove […]

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Morning File: Monday, June 23, 2014

June 23, 2014 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

Editor’s note: Every morning, excepting Sundays and holidays, the Halifax Examiner will publish “Morning File,” a quick review of the daily news and opinion, with a look at what’s happening around town. Additionally, we’ll throw in some quirky info you won’t find elsewhere. The aim is to have Morning File published by 7:30am, so it can be […]

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The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Brian Borcherdt. Photo: Anna Edwards-Borcherdt

Brian Borcherdt came of age in Yarmouth in the 1990s. When he arrived in Halifax, the city’s famous music scene was already waning, and worse, the music he made was rejected by the cool kids anyway. After decades away from Nova Scotia, he and his young family have settled in the Annapolis Valley, where he’ll zoom in to chat with Tara about his band Holy Fuck’s endlessly delayed tour, creating the Dependent Music collective, and the freedom and excitement of the improvised music he’s making now. Plus: Bringing events back in 2021.

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Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

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